Balavah

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|subdivision_name1 = Ilam

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|subdivision_name2 = Chardavol

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|subdivision_name3 = Zagros

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Balavah ({{langx|fa|بلاوه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Belavah; formerly Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla (بلاوه تره سفلي),{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/848709|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919031845/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/848709|archive-date=19 September 2016|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|orig-date=Approved 29 March 1392|date=c. 2016|id=Proposal 81072/42/1/4/1; Notification 83592/T48494H|access-date=3 June 2023}} also romanized as Belāvah Tareh-ye Soflá; also known as Belāveh Tareh{{GEOnet3|-3794196|Belavah Tareh-ye Sofla}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Zagros District of Chardavol County,{{efn|Formerly Shirvan and Chardavol County}} Ilam province, Iran. As the village of Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla, it was the capital of Bijnavand Rural District{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shirvan and Chardavol County under Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110217|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512102110/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110217|archive-date=12 May 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|access-date=7 February 2024|date=23 February 1391|orig-date=Approved 4 October 1366|id=Proposal 11742; Notification 78076/T640}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Zir Tang.

Demographics

=Ethnicity=

The city is populated by Kurds.{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam|url-status=live|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 }}

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Balavah's population was 290 in 63 households, when it was a village in Bijnavand Rural District of the Central District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 288 people in 76 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population as 264 people in 79 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}} by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Zagros District. Balavah Tareh-ye Sofla was elevated to city status as Balavah.

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References

Category:Cities in Ilam province

Category:Populated places in Chardavol County

Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province